Washboard.



L.- J. WILLIAM.

v WASHBOARD. APPLICATION HL'ED MAY 15, 1917.

Patented Aug. 7, 1917.

' Arron/v m LUTHUR J. WILLIAMS, 0]? SARDIS, MISSISSIPPI.

WASHBOARD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 7, 1917.

Application filed May 15, 1917. Serial No. 168,880.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LUTHER J. WILLIAMS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Sardis, in the county of Panola and State of Mississippi, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in l/Vashboards, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in wash boards, and has for one of its obj ects to provide a simply constructed device of this character having its head member extended and recessed, and a receiver for pins, buttons, and other objects which may be removed from garments previous to the washing operations, and adapted to be attached to one of the side rails of the board and readily accessible through the recessfrom either surface of the board.

With these and other objects in View, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction, as hereinafter shown and described and then specifically pointed out in the claim; and in the drawings illustrative of the preferred embodiment of the invention:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a wash board constructed in accordance with the invention;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged detached perspective view, from the interior, of the receptacle.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters. 7

The side rails of the wash board are indicated at 1011 connected at one end by a head member 12 and an intermediate transverse member 13, the latter corresponding in width to the side rails and spaced a short distance from the head member. Extending between the sides 1011 and the members 12-13 is a stop member 14 of less thickness than the width of the side rails 1011, and located intermediate the side edges of the rails, so that pocket-like cavities are formed to support the soap, the member 13 thus serving as a shelf upon which the soap rests. Extending between the side rails 10-11 below the member 13 is a backing member 15 of less thickness than the width of the rails and bearing at its edges against the intermediate side edges of the latter. At its lower edge the member 15 is spaced from the lower ends of the side rails 10-11 leaving the latter projecting below the line of the member 15. Bearing upon the opposite faces of the member 15 are a plurality of metal rods 16, the rods extending at their ends for a short distance into the sockets formed in the contiguous faces of the side rails. By this means the rods are held in position, and are spaced a relatively short distance apart, thus constituting the rubbing surface of the wash board. The rods are supported at suitable intervals by staples l7 engaging over the rods and forced into the member 15.

The head member 12 is extended at one end beyond the outer face of one of the side rails, for instance the rail 10, and a notch or recess 18 formed through the extended portion of the head. The receiver portion of the improved device may be of any suitable material, and is formed with one closed side 19, a sloping bottom 20 and ends 21-22 leaving the other side and the top open. The receiver is adapted to be attached at its open side against the side rail which is associated with the notch 18 with the open end of the receiver communicating with the notch or recess. The ends 21-22 and the bottom 20 of the receiver are preferably flanged as shown, to receive holding nails or screws indicated at 23, by which the receiver may be attached to the side rail. The receiver is thus accessible through the notch or recess 18, and is disposed in convenient position to receive pins, buttons, or other objects which may be removed from the garments about to be washed. It frequently happens that pins, detachable buttons, and like objects are inadvertently left in garments to be laundered, and such objects are necessarily detached before washing, and the pocket-like receiver will thus be found very convenient to receive such objects. The receiver may be struck up or pressed from a single sheet of metal, or constructed of wood or other material as may be preferred. Sheet metal guards 24 are attached to the side rails 10-11 and project at their lower ends beneath the rails as shown at 25, to protect the rails from cess in the extended portion, a receiver open abrasion. v at the top and one side and attached by the Having thus described the invention, What open side to the rail of the Wash board with 10 is claimed as new is: its open end communicating With the recess 5 A Wash board including side rails and a of the head member.

head member With the head member ex- In testimony whereof I a'fiix my signature tended at one end and provided With a re- LUTHER J. WVILLIAMS. [1,. si]

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